Eugene Russell Hendrix
Eugene Russell Hendrix | |
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| Born | May 17, 1847 Fayette, Missouri |
| Died | November 11, 1927 (aged 80) Kansas City, Missouri |
| Burial place | Mount Washington Cemetery |
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| Occupation | Clergyman |
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Ann Elizabeth Scarritt
(m. 1872) |
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Eugene Russell Hendrix (May 17, 1847 – November 11, 1927) was a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in the U.S., elected in 1886.
Biography
[edit]Eugene Russell Hendrix was born in Fayette, Missouri on May 17, 1847. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1867, and from Union Theological Seminary in 1869.[1][2]
He died at his home in Kansas City, Missouri on November 11, 1927, and was buried at Mount Washington Cemetery in Independence.[3]
Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, is named in his honor.
Family
[edit]He was married to Ann Elizabeth Scarritt (born May 23, 1851), daughter of Nathan Spencer Scarritt (1821–1890) and Martha Matilda Chick (died 1873), on June 20, 1872.[1][2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Johnson, Rossiter; Brown, John Howard, eds. (1904). The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans. Vol. V. Boston: American Biographical Society. Retrieved April 20, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society. Vol. XII. Kansas Historical Society. 1912. pp. 156–157. Retrieved April 20, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Rev. E. R. Hendrix, Retired Methodist Bishop, is Dead". The Anniston Star. Kansas City, Missouri. UP. November 12, 1927. p. 5. Retrieved April 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
[edit]- Hendrix College history at the Wayback Machine (archived May 26, 2006)
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